Research Catalog

Title

Traditional Chinese stories : themes and variations / edited by Y.W. Ma and Joseph S.M. Lau.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, 1978.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ma, Y. W. (Yau-Woon), 1940-
• Lau, Joseph S. M., 1934-

Description

xxvi, 603 p.; 26 cm.

Subject

• Chinese fiction > Translations into English
• China > Social life and customs > Fiction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 575-589) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Contents

• The selfless friend. Hsün Chü-po visits his friend -- Wu Pao-an ransoms his friend -- Old servant Hsü -- The knight errant. The biography of Yü Jang -- Prince Tan of Yen -- Feng Yen -- Wu-shuang the peerless -- The Sung founder escorts Chiang-niang one thousand li -- The lady knight-errant -- The self-proclaimed hero. Yang Wen, the road-blocking tiger -- The Sham commander reclaims his beauty -- The strong kid of the Ch'in-huai region -- The ingrate. The Chung-shan wolf -- The case of the dead infant -- The Shansi merchant -- The heartless lover. The story of Ying-ying -- Tu Shih-niang sinks the jewel box in anger.
• The dedicated lover. The courtesan Li Wa -- The tragedy of Pu Fei-yen -- The oil peddler courts the courtesan -- The couple bound in life and death -- The leper girl -- The broken hairpin -- The reunited couple. Han P'ing and his wife -- Artisan Ts'ui and his ghost wife -- The pearl shirt reencountered -- Loach Fan's double mirror -- The femme fatale. The poetess Yü Hsüan-chi -- Empress Chao Fei-yen -- Han Wu-niang sells her charms at the New Bridge Market -- The henpecked judge who loses a governorship -- The superhuman maiden. Miss Jen -- The legendary marriage at Tung-t'ing -- Eternal prisoner under the Thunder Peak Pagoda -- Red jade.
• The ghost wife. Scholar T'an -- A mangy Taoist exorcises ghosts -- The golden phoenix hairpin -- Nieh Hsiao-ch'ien -- The almost fortunate man. Scholar Ts'ui -- Tu Tzu-ch'un -- A taste of immortality -- The faithless seeker. In search of a heart -- The Taoist priest of the Lao Mountains -- The monk's magic -- The dream adventurer. The world inside a pillow -- Scholar Chang -- The archetypal questing man. The great Maudgalyayana rescues his mother from hell -- The jade-faced cat -- The judge. Nieh Yi-tao the magistrate -- The jest that leads to disaster -- Lion Cub Lane -- Magistrate T'eng and the case of inheritance.
• The detective. The book that reveals the culprit -- Yen-chih -- The master thief. The wit of the master thief -- Sung the fourth raises hell with Tightwad Chang -- The trickster. Liu Ling -- Hou Po -- The fake knight-errant -- The swindler alchemists.

Call Number

*OVK 79-2379

ISBN

• 0231040598 (pbk.)
• 9780231040594 (pbk.)
• 9780231040587
• 023104058X
• 023104058X. (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

77021133

OCLC

3361399

Title

Traditional Chinese stories : themes and variations / edited by Y.W. Ma and Joseph S.M. Lau.

Imprint

New York : Columbia University Press, 1978.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 575-589) and index.

Additional Formats

Also issued online.

Added Author

Ma, Y. W. (Yau-Woon), 1940-

Lau, Joseph S. M., 1934-

Other Form:

Online version: Traditional Chinese stories. New York : Columbia University Press, 1978 (OCoLC)570235180

Research Call Number

*OVK 79-2379